Has Maudoodee strayed only in the affairs of Dawah? Does he have sound Aqeedah? Refer to the following exposition of Maudoodee?s deep starying in the matters of Aqeedah. His misguidance in the other matters will be posted insha Allah in this section!

Question: Assalaamuaalaikum O Shaikh, we are are muslims and specifically, the Ahlul Hadeeth, but now a days there is a new jamaah that has named itself Jamaath Islamee and just like the grave worshippers conquering upon islam ( claiming to be sole inheritors of Prophets ) and has began calling us towards its maslak and says 'those works that our Ameer (head) Maulaana Maodoodee has done, the ulamaa of islam ( from the Salaf and those after them ) have failed to do till this day. And they proclaim ?look at our literature which our Ameer has written! ?.

So you tell us what their literature is all about and what are we supposed to do?

Answer: Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmathullah wa barakathuh - Ammaa Ba'ad! The legacy/fable/myth(داستان) of maudoodee is quite long and lengthy. In summary, I have seen his literature; his first era(دور) was something else. Now it is the second era(دور).

The first period of Maudoodee and his second period, in between them there is manifest contradiction(متنا قس).The summary of this I had published as a series of 9 parts in the Ahle Hadees newspaper during 1951. Please refer to that.

[ Note:- If anyone from Pakistan have these newspapers or can gather this from any libraries please send us a copy or scanned copy ? Please send it to admin@salafitalk.net. Barak Allah feek.]

Even now let me explain and cite few examples from it. And then its tanqeed(criticism) and tardeed(refutation).

In the first era(دور) he(Maudoodee) writes...'Islam is a complete way of life (نظام حيات). But however, the achievement of these (islamic goals for complete way of life) is neither the Qur'aan nor tawaatur(Ahaadees al-Mutawatir) but they are only khabarul ahhaad' [Source ? Maudoodee in his book Tafheemaat Page 317]

Further Maudoodee writes:

In the books of ahadeeth, sihah sitta ( Saheeh al-Bukharee, Saheeh Muslim, Sunan Abee Dawood, Sunan at-Tirmidhi, Sunan Ibn Maajah, Sunan An-Nisaa'i ) , in this affair (of these books of hadeeth) there is no scope of any doubt in them whether these books have actually been written by those noble ones (referring to the Muhadditheen, Imam al-Bukharee, Imam Muslim, Imam at-Tirmidhee, Imam Aboo Dawood, Imam Ibn Maajah and Imam Nisaaee). And also there is no scope of doubt if the isnaad of each hadeeth reaches the Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa sallam).

Therefore through these books (of hadeeth) that knowledge of hadeeth becomes nearly certain(yakeeni - In which there is no doubt)... [Source ? Maudoodee in his book Tafheemaath page 283,284 - Safar 1353 After Hijrah, according to June 1934]

Maudoodee Doubts Muhadditheen And Their Collection & Compilation of the Sunnah!

(Now) In his second period(دور) Maudoodee writes:

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" What is the guarantee that to whom Muhadditheen have declared to be Thiqah(Trustworthy) is infact Thiqah and to whom the Muhadditheen have declared to be ghayr-thiqah(non-trustworthy) is indeed ghayr-thiqah(non-trustworthy)?. [Source ? Maudoodee in his book Tafheemaath, Page 322].

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The compiled works of the Muhadditheen is not trustworthy [Source ? Maudoodee in his book Tafheemaath, Page 295]

and Maudoodee writes on page 300

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'Those whom the Muhadditheen have declared to be Mu'tasil Saheeh then it is possible he is not so and to whom they declared Munqati Mu'addhal then he could be extremely (bilkul) truthful. [Source ? Maudoodee in his book Tafheemaath , Page 323]

Maudoodee also writes,

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(the Hadeeth of the Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) ) is sarasar(without a doubt) dhaoukhee and is not based on any rules (dhabthaa)...[ Source ? Maudoodee in his book Tafheemaath page 297] . Dhaoukhee meaning wajdaanee and just words based on thoughts ....(khayaalee bathein) and they were not based on revelation from Allah"

This is the reason why Maudoodee says:

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The hadeeth of coming of dajjal is fairy tale (fasaney).... [ Source ? Maudoodee in his book Tarjumanul Qur'aan Septeber - October 1945]

He also writes....

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" From the history it is infact proven that the hadeeths of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi wa sallam were his opinions (Qiyas) and they were not true. [Source ? Maudoodee in his book Tarjumanul Qur'aan Septeber - October 1946]

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He also writes " The basis of Mutawaatir hadeeth is based upon Qiyas" [Source ? Maudoodee in his book Tafheemaath, page 202]

The first reply to this is; his former views are contradictory to the latter views. Hence the contradictory(Mutanaaqisa) opinions are baatil.

The second reply is that inspite of the contradiction in his views, they are in opposition to the Qur'aan and they deny(takdheeb) and belie the Qur'aan. Hence they are baathil and the opposition and belying of the Qur'aan is also Kufr.

The opposed view is that Allah Ta'aala in the Qur'aan has set the basis or standard(ميار) for truth for the people of islam then the Muhadditheen following and implementing those standards (ميار) in the preservation of islam (Both Qur?aan & the Ahadeeth of the Messenger of Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam ) and in their dawah have collected & compiled the tafseer of the Qur'aan from the Sahabah which they heard from the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam), gathering it from him (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) whether it be from

a) His Sayings b) His Actions c) His Silent Approvals

and passed it onto their students (The Taabi'een).Then in the same way generation by generation it has reached us.

And the Sahabah (radhiAllahu anhum) took this tafseer from the Rasoolullah's (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) Seerah and decisive shar'eeah orders he gave and explained the Qur'aan.

The Muhadditheen (rahimahumullah) after knowing the truthfulness by way of making detailed analysis and deep investigation of the narrators of these ahadeeth of Rasoolullah (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) penned down these ahadeeth of Rasoolullah (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) into books of tafseer and books of hadeeth based on the ayah mentioned below.

It is not Al-Birr (piety, righteousness, and each and every act of obedience to Allâh, etc.) that you turn your faces towards east and (or) west (in prayers); but Al-Birr is (the quality of) the one who believes in Allâh, the Last Day, the Angels, the Book, the Prophets and gives his wealth, in spite of love for it, to the kinsfolk, to the orphans, and to Al-Masâkin (the poor), and to the wayfarer, and to those who ask, and to set slaves free, performs As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât), and gives the Zakât, and who fulfill their covenant when they make it, and who are As-Sâbirin (the patient ones, etc.) in extreme poverty and ailment (disease) and at the time of fighting (during the battles). Such are the people of the truth and they are Al­Muttaqûn (pious - see V.2:2). (Al-Baqarah 2:177)

And some of their charecterestics are also mentioned by Allah in Surah Hadid where Allah says:

And those who believe in (the Oneness of) Allâh and His Messengers, they are the Siddiqûn (i.e. those followers of the Prophets who were first and foremost to believe in them), and the martyrs with their Lord, they shall have their reward and their light. But those who disbelieve (in the Oneness of Allâh - Islâmic Monotheism) and deny Our Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they shall be the dwellers of the blazing Fire. (Al-Hadid 57:19)

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It is evident from these ayaath that those people who possess these charecterestics narrate the (aayaath of) Qur'aan or ahadeeth of the Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) or the seerah of the Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) rulings of the shar'eeah and aqeedah then accepting their narrations and what they have conveyed is waajib and fard.

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Otherwise even after establishment of truthfulness based on proofs from standards set by Shar'eeah then the report and narration about the shar'eeah (like hadeeth, seerah, tafseer etc.) for a person who fears Allaah(Muttaqee), who is truthful then making excuses, disputing and altercation, creating doubts and belittling them and what has come through them with derogatory words(choon wa chara karna) is an open attempt to distort (انهراف) the standard set by the Qur'aan which is clear belying of the Qur'aan.

Also the charecterestic that Allah Ta'aala has mentioned in the Qur'aan of ahl-ul-eeman is that when they are called towards Command of Allah and His Messenger then they respond saying we have heard and we will obey. Such are the ones that will be successful.

The only saying of the faithful believers, when they are called to Allâh (His Words, the Qur'ân) and His Messenger (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) , to judge between them, is that they say: "We hear and we obey." And such are the prosperous ones (who will live forever in Paradise). (An-Nur 24:51)

Then creating doubts, and attempting to show that this is defective by uttering words and phrases that lead to belittling of Qur'aan in this matter then it is opposition to eeman.

And the authoritative Ayah:

إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ

Verily We: It is We Who have sent down the Dhikr (i.e. the Qur'ân) and surely, We will guard it (from corruption). (Al-Hijr 15:9)

When Allah Ta'aala has taken responsibility of preserving and safeguarding the Qur'aan then this preservation is two types:

1)Preservation of the Words (Of Allaah) - UNCREATED! 2)Preservation of their meanings.

With clear signs and Books (We sent the Messengers). And We have also sent down unto you (O Muhammad (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam)) the reminder and the advice (the Qur'ân), that you may explain clearly to men what is sent down to them, and that they may give thought. (An-Nahl 16:44)

And We have not sent down the Book (the Qur'an) to you (O Muhammad (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam)), except that you may explain clearly unto them those things in which they differ, and (as) a guidance and a mercy for a folk who believe. (An-Nahl 16:64)

Similarly (to complete My Blessings on you) We have sent among you a Messenger (Muhammad ) of your own, reciting to you Our Verses (the Qur'ân) and sanctifying you, and teaching you the Book (the Qur'ân) and the Hikmah (i.e. Sunnah, Islâmic laws and Fiqh - jurisprudence), and teaching you that which you used not to know. (Al-Baqarah 2:151)

So from these aayaath it is clearly evident that preserving the Qur'aan necessitates preserving the Sunnah just like how Allah Ta'aala preserved the Words of the Qur'aan through huffaadh of the Qur'aan ; similarly Allaah has preserved the shar'ee meanings of the Qur'aan as explained by the Prophet (Sallallau alaihi wa sallam) by way of Muhadditheen safeguarding and preserving (the explanations of the Prophet Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) in the form of narrated Ahaadeeth Otherwise like the previously revealed Books(The Zuboor, the Injeel and the Tauraath) the Qur'aan too could have been distorted.

And these disputants only wish to distort the Qur'aan through their aql in order to justify their claims( that are in opposition to the Qur'aan, the Sunnah and the understanding of Salaf us Saalih radhiAllaahu anhum )

They (the disbelievers, the Jews and the Christians) want to extinguish Allâh's Light (with which Muhammad (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) has been sent - Islâmic Monotheism) with their mouths, but Allâh will not allow except that His Light should be perfected even though the Kâfirûn (disbelievers) hate (it). (At-Tawbah 9:32)

But no, by your Lord, they can have no Faith, until they make you (O Muhammad (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam)) judge in all disputes between them, and find in themselves no resistance against your decisions, and accept (them) with full submission. (An-Nisa 4:65)

(Hence) the Commands of Rasoolullaah Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam, his verdicts, his statements pertaining to the Tafseer of the Qur'aan, obeying him and following him is obligation(waajib) upon each and every muslim without any slightest of hesitation.

He who obeys the Messenger (Muhammad (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam)), has indeed obeyed Allâh, but he who turns away, then we have not sent you (O Muhammad (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam)) as a watcher over them. (An-Nisa 4:80)

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Our da?wah and our ?aqeedah is more beloved to us than our own selves, our wealth and our offspring. So we are not prepared to part with it for gold, nor silver. We say this so that no one may have hope in buying out our da?wah, nor should he think that it is possible for him to purchase it from us for deenaar or dirham. Since the politicians already know this about us, so they have despaired of buying it from us with granted positions or wealth..Shaikh, the Allamah, Muqbil ibn Hadee Al Waa'di'ee (Rahimahullah).

Imam Shaf?ee رحمه الله said: Allah has placed His Messenger with regards to His religion, His Orders ( Faraaid) and His Kitaab ( the Qur?aan) in the position made clear by Him as a distinguishing standard of His Deen by imposing the obligation of obedience to him as well as prohibiting disobedience to him (صلى الله عليه وسلم). He has made his merits evident by associating belief in His Messenger with the belief in Him.

?..so believe in Allâh and His Messengers. Say not: "Three (trinity)!" Cease! (it is) better for you. For Allâh is (the only) One Ilâh (God), Glory be to Him (Far Exalted is He) above having a son. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. And Allâh is All¬Sufficient as a Disposer of affairs. (An-Nisa 4:171)

The true believers are only those, who believe in (the Oneness of) Allâh and His Messenger (Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم)), and when they are with him on some common matter, they go not away until they have asked his permission. Verily! Those who ask your permission, those are they who (really) believe in Allâh and His Messenger. So if they ask your permission for some affairs of theirs, give permission to whom you will of them, and ask Allâh for their forgiveness. Truly, Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (An-Nur 24:62)

Thus (Allah) prescribed that the (very) origin of the faith, to which all other things are subordinate, shall be belief in Him and in His Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم). For if a person believes only in Him, not in His Messenger, the name of ?complete faith? will never ever apply to him until he believes in His Messenger together with Him.

[Note:- Narrated Abu Hurairah (رضي الله عنه) : Allah?s Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم)said: ? By Him (Allah) in Whose Hand Muhammad?s soul is, there is none from amongst the Jews and Christians ( of these present nations ) who hears about me and then dies without believing in the Message with which I have been sent ( Qur?aan and the Sunnah ), but he will be from the dwellers of the (Hell) Fire. ? [ Saheeh Muslim, the Book of Faith, Vol. 1, Hadeeth No. 240

Surely, those who reject Faith (disbelieve in Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) as being Allâh's Prophet and in all that which he has brought from Allâh), neither their properties, nor their offspring will avail them aught against Allâh. They are the dwellers of the Fire, therein they will abide. (Tafsir At¬Tabarî, Vol. 4, Page 58). (Aali Imran 3:116)

O you who have been given the Scripture (Jews and Christians)! Believe in what We have revealed (to Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم)) confirming what is (already) with you, before We efface faces (by making them like the back of necks; without nose, mouth, eyes, etc.) and turn them hindwards, or curse them as We cursed the Sabbath¬breakers. And the Commandment of Allâh is always executed. (An-Nisa 4:47) end Note]

وهكذا سن رسوله في كل من امتحنه للإيمان

So that is how the Messenger of Allah laid down the sunnah ( of testifying on the tongue the belief that he is the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم)along with testifying the belief that there is no deity worthy of worship with right except Allah ) for testifying( or examining) the faith of every man ( as the following hadeeth indicates:

I went to the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) with a slave-girl and I asked him: ? I have taken an oath [to free a slave]; may I free her? ?. The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) asked her, ?Where is Allah??. ?In heaven? , she answered. ?And who am I? ? he asked. ? You are the Messenger of Allah?, she answered. ? The Prophet said, ? You may free her?.

[ Note:- Mu'awiya b. al-Hakam said: ??I had a maid-servant who tended goats by the side of Uhud and Jawwaniya. One day I happened to pass that way and found that a wolf had carried a goat from her flock. I am after all a man from the posterity of Adam. I felt sorry as they (human beings) feel sorry. So I slapped her. I came to the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and felt (this act of mine) as something grievous I said: Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم), should I not grant her freedom? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Bring her to me. So I brought her to him. He said to her: Where is Allah? She said: He is in the heaven. He said: Who am I? She said: Thou art the Messenger of Allah. He said: Grant her freedom, she is a believing woman. [ Saheeh Muslim, Book 4, Hadeeth No. 1094 ]

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قال الشافعي ففرض الله على الناس اتباع وحيه وسنن رسوله

Shaf?ee (رحمه الله) said: Allah has made fard upon the men to follow His Wahi ( Revelation from Allah ) as well as the Sunnah of His Messenger(صلى الله عليه وسلم)

"Our Lord! Send amongst them a Messenger of their own (and indeed Allâh answered their invocation by sending Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم)), who shall recite unto them Your Verses and instruct them in the Book (this Qur'ân) and Al-Hikmah (as-Sunnah), and sanctify them. Verily! You are the All-Mighty, the All-Wise." (Al-Baqarah 2:129).

Similarly (to complete My Blessings on you) We have sent among you a Messenger (Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) ) of your own, reciting to you Our Verses (the Qur'ân) and sanctifying you, and teaching you the Book (the Qur'ân) and the Hikmah (i.e. Sunnah, Islâmic laws and Fiqh - jurisprudence), and teaching you that which you used not to know. (Al-Baqarah 2:151)

Indeed Allâh conferred a great favour on the believers when He sent among them a Messenger (Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم)) from among themselves, reciting unto them His Verses (the Qur'ân), and purifying them (from sins by their following him), and instructing them (in) the Book (the Qur'ân) and Al¬Hikmah [the wisdom and the Sunnah of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) (i.e. his legal ways, statements, acts of worship, etc.)], while before that they had been in manifest error. (Aali Imran 3:164)

He it is Who sent among the unlettered ones a Messenger (Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم)) from among themselves, reciting to them His Verses, purifying them (from the filth of disbelief and polytheism), and teaching them the Book (this Qur'ân, Islâmic laws and Islâmic jurisprudence) and Al-Hikmah (As-Sunnah: legal ways, orders, acts of worship, etc. of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم)). And verily, they had been before in mainfest error; (Al-Jumu'ah 62:2)

?..but remember Allâh's Favours on you (i.e. Islâm), and that which He has sent down to you of the Book (i.e. the Qur'ân) and Al-Hikmah (the Prophet's Sunnah - legal ways - Islâmic jurisprudence, etc.) whereby He instructs you. And fear Allâh, and know that Allâh is All-Aware of everything. (Al-Baqarah 2:231)

Allâh has sent down to you the Book (The Qur'ân), and Al¬Hikmah (Islâmic laws, knowledge of legal and illegal things i.e. the Prophet's Sunnah - legal ways), and taught you that which you knew not. And Ever Great is the Grace of Allâh unto you (O Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم)). (An-Nisa 4:113)

And remember (O you the members of the Prophet's family, the Graces of your Lord), that which is recited in your houses of the Verses of Allâh and Al¬Hikmah (i.e. Prophet's Sunnah legal ways, etc. so give your thanks to Allâh and glorify His Praises for this Qur'an and the Sunnah). Verily, Allâh is Ever Most Courteous, Well¬Acquainted with all things. (Al-Ahzab 33:34)

So Allah mentioned His Kitaab which is the Qur'aan and He mentioned (also) the Wisdom. And I have heard from those whom I approve (of their knowledge of Qur'aan), from the ahl-al-Ilm (scholars of his time - who specialize in the field of knowledge of tafseer)of Qur'aan hold that: al-Hikmah is the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah and this is in conformity with what Allah Himself has said and Allah knows best.

This is because (of the fact) that Qur'aan was mentioned and following it al-Hikmah(wisdom)(has been mentioned). Then Allah mentioned His Favour upon His creation in teaching them the Kitaab and the hikmah(wisdom). Hence it is impermissible and Allah knows best that al-Hikmah be called here (anything) EXCEPT Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم).

For that (Wisdom) verily is closely linked to the Book of Allah and Verily! Allah has made incumbent(obligatory) the obedience to His Messenger and He made it obligatory upon mankind to obey his orders hence, it is not permissible that any statement be called as Fard(obligation) EXCEPT what has come from the Book of Allah(al-Qur'aan) and from the Sunnah of His Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم).

لما وصفنا من أن الله جعل الإيمان برسوله مقرونا بالإيمان به

What we have described from(earlier) that Allah has made the eeman(belief) in His Messenger connected to the eeman(belief) in Himself.

And the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم)makes evident(explains clearly)that (which) Allah has signified (in His Book ? the Qur?aan ) what He intended by His particular and general (commands).

Then He paired, the Hikmah (Wisdom) in the Sunnah with His Kitaab (al-Qur?aan) but made it subordinate (to His Book). And never has this been made for anyone from His creation other than His Messenger.

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Our da?wah and our ?aqeedah is more beloved to us than our own selves, our wealth and our offspring. So we are not prepared to part with it for gold, nor silver. We say this so that no one may have hope in buying out our da?wah, nor should he think that it is possible for him to purchase it from us for deenaar or dirham. Since the politicians already know this about us, so they have despaired of buying it from us with granted positions or wealth..Shaikh, the Allamah, Muqbil ibn Hadee Al Waa'di'ee (Rahimahullah).

Did Mawdoodee Retract From His View About Dajjaal After 30 Mutawaatir Ahadeeth Were Presented To Him?

Translation of Maudoodee?s Words Into English

Question:

In Tarjumaan-ul-Quraan (Another book of Maudoodee) some individual has questioned that " It is well known regarding Dajjaal that he is imprisoned somewhere " then what kind of place is it (where he is hidden)? Today every nook and corner of the world has been captured by the humankind. Then why is not been possible to locate Dajjal? In reply to this question you answered (In the book Tarjuman-ul-Quraan) that Dajjaal, etc. are myths and fairy tales for which there is no status in the Shar'eeah. But as far as I know there are atleast 30 narrations (of hadeeth) that address the issue of Dajjaal. These (Ahaadeeth) can be testified (to be Saheeh) through Bukaaree, Muslim, Aboo Daawood, Thirmidhee, Sharh Sunnah, Baihaqee. Then what is the ISNAAD upon which you have based your response?

Maudoodee's Answer:

That which I declared to be myth and fairy tale is the belief that Dajjaal is imprisoned somewhere; however the issue of a great fithnah (ad-Dajjaal) is going to be apparent then regarding this what has been informed in the ahadeeth then I accept this view and all the time during my Salaah I make that dua in which refuge is sought from other things which include

A'oodhubika min Fithnathil Maseehid Dajjaal

Regarding Dajjaal whatever ahaadeeth are narrated from the Messenger of Allaah Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, on this subject after making an overall investigation & analysis it will be clearly apparent that the knowledge that the Messenger of Allaah Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam had obtained from Allaah was just limited to the fact that one Dajjaal is going to be apparent and it will have such and such attributes and it will possess such and such specific charecterestics. But the Messenger of Allaah Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam was not informed when it will be apparent, where will it be apparent and also if it has been created in his Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam's period or if he will be created after him in another period.

Regarding these matters the different statements are narrated from the Messenger of Allah Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam through Ahadeeth the CONTRADICTION WITHIN ITS SUBJECT itself clarifies and makes apparent that the statements of the Messenger of Allaah also signify that THESE WERE NOT BASED ON WAHEE (REVELATION FROM ALLAAH) but rather they were based on DHANN (GUESS WORK) AND QIYAAS (ANALOGICAL REASONING).

Sometimes he Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam expressed his thoughts that Dajjaal will emerge from Khuraasaan and at times from Isfahaan and sometimes he said that the area between Shaam (jordan, syria) and Iraaq.

Then sometimes he doubted on a jewish boy named ibn Sayyaad who was born in Madeenah that he might be Dajjaal and in the last narration from him in the 9 Hijri when a Christian Raahib (Tameem ad-Daaree radhiAllaahu anhu) came and accepted Islam then he narrated the following story. Once while he was traveling in the sea (may be in the Roman Sea or the Arabian Sea) he reached an uninhabited island and there he met with a strange person and he informed him that he himself was Dajjaal.

Then he Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam did not think of any reason to reject his bayaan but rather he expressed his doubt that from the root of this narration (he Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said that ) it seems to me that Dajjaal will emerge from Roman Sea or Arabian Sea but I think that he might emerge from East.

From these different narrations if any person views conclusively and if he has any acquaintance with Ilm-ul-Hadeeth or Usool of the deen then he will not face any difficulty in understanding the fact that in this matter the statements of the Messenger of Allaah Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam can be categorized into TWO PARTS.

PART - I :- That Dajjaal will emerge, he will be a possessor of those attributes and will inflict trials and tribulations. These are the news that have no doubt whatsoever which have been given from Allaah. In this there is no narration which contradicts another.

PART - II:- That where will Dajjaal emerge, who is that person! In this matter not only that the narrations are contradicotry but in majority of these narrations there is shakk (doubt) and shubah(skepticism) and wording in the narrations are based on approximation from what has been narrated from the Messenger of Allaah Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.

" If he is Dajjaal then you are not the one who will kill him and if he is not Dajjaal then you have no right to kill a Mulhid(One who commits Ilhaad) "

Or for example in one hadeeth his (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam's) narration is " If he appears during my lifetime, I will confront him with hujjah and if he appears after me then Allaah is the Helper and (Haamee) of each and every Mu'min".

The status of the second part in terms of deen and usool is clearly apparent that it is not based (on religion and usool) and can never be based (on religion and usool) in contrast to what is the status of the first part.

Whoever makes this (second part) and includes its details a part of Islamic aqeedah then he does it wrongly. And it is incorrect to (go further and) claim the authenticity of each and every portion.

Allaah's Messenger Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam had a doubt on Ibn Sayyaad that perhaps he could be the dajjaal and Umar ibn al-Khattaab had even swore that he(ibn Sayyaad) is dajjaal. But later he became a Muslim, lived in Haramain(Macca and Madeenah), died in a state of Islam and his janaazah was prayed over by Muslims and now what is the scope(in the religion of Islam) to keep doubting ibn Sayyaad to be a dajjaal until today?

The Messenger of Allaah Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam deemed Tameem ad-Daaree's narration to be approximately true. Then the non-appearance of that person for 1350 years whom Tameem radhiAllaahu anhu saw upon the island is it not sufficient to prove that the information he gave to Tameem radhiAllaahu anhu about him being Dajjaal was not true?

The Prophet Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam suspected that Dajjaal would appear in his time or in a near period after him but is it not a reality that 1350 years have already passed and up until now Dajjaal has not appeared?

So then these things (these ahadeeth and story of appearance of Dajjaal etc.) are narrated and compiled (and passed on from generation by generation) as if these are also part of Islamic Aqeedah. This is neither correct representation of Islam nor is can be regarded as the correct understanding of ahadeeth. Just like I have already discussed (before). In such type of matters if any statement of the Prophet Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam is based on his Qiyaas, his suspicion based on approximation does not happen in conformity then this does not stain the Prophethood.

And this does not damage the honour of ambiyaa's aqeedah and neither does the Shar'eeah make incumbent upon us to have eemaan in such issues and this fundamental reality has been made clear by the Prophet Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam in the interpretation of narrated hadeeth.......

------End Of Maudoodee?s Words------

From the above answer one can see how Mawdoodee went on to make Ta'weel and regarded Dajjaal to be just a fithnah. Secondly, he shamelessly went on to make baseless allegations upon the Messenger of Allaah Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.

Question: Is Abul-A'la al-Maududi considered to be from the Imaams of the Muslims?

Answer: What is clear is that he has some tashayyu' (Shiaism) in him and that he is to be considered as being from the Imaams of Innovation. May Allaah reward one of our brothers with good for he has authored a book called: "Hurricanes in the Face of the Sunnah" (Zawaabi' fee Wajhis-Sunnah).

In this book, he clarifies and exposes the true condition of Abul-A'la Al-Maududi and those like him who wage war against the Sunnah of Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) and who weaken authentic ahaadeeth in the two Saheeh collections (of Bukhaaree and Muslim) to suit their desires.

Who was Abu Alaa Maududi?[url=http://spubs.com/sps/downloads/pdf/NDV080001.pdf]Mawdudi and the Prophets of Allaah[/url] [url=http://salafitalk.net/st/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=16&Topic=6348]Refutation of Maududi's principle of Shirk in Haakimiyah[/url]

Shaykh Saalih as-Suhaymee hafidhahullah named books of Maududi as one of the means by which corrupt ideologies like terrorism are spread. Plz. see pgs. 4-7 [url=http://www.answering-extremism.com/trans-pub/ae_ss_1.pdf]here[/url]

Shaykh Abdullah al-Jarboo', the former head of department of Aqeedah at Islamic Univ. of Madeenah and a Professor from the College of Dawah 'Usool ud-Deen', clubbed Jamat-e-Islami with other deviant parties like Ikhwanul Muslimeen and Hamas which oppose the Scholars in their speech and verdicts. Below is the extract from his refutation of Anwar al-Awlaki found here

"The muslim brotherhood group has a distinct orientation, and their concerns revolve around certain contemporary issues in which they oppose those firmly rooted in knowledge. They oppose the scholars in their speech and verdicts.

Therefore if this man builds his orientation upon this thinking and ideology of those groups affiliated with, and derived from the likes of the Islaamic Group of Pakistan(Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan), at whose head was al-Mawdoodee; the Muslim Brotherhood group of Egypt , and Hamaas of Palestine, (then know) that all of these groups have a specific ideology for themselves."

The late Muftee of Jeezaan, Allamah Ahmad an-Najmee rahimahullah was asked, "O Shaikh, when we see callers (du'aat) in this land, praising (Sayid) Qutb and Mawdudi, and they sit with the Haraakiyyeen and the Hizbiyyeen and they revile the Salafees, is it permissible for us to warn against them?"

The Shaikh replied, "Yes, it is permissible for you to warn against them. The one who, the one who...the one who sits with the Haraakiyyeen and supports them and sits with them and reviles the Salafees, then this contains an evidence for his bid'ah."

Sheikh Zaid al-Madkhalee hafidhahullah said in his book 'Al-Irhaab wa Aathaaruhu fil-Afraad wal-Mujtami'ah' [Terrorism and its Effects on Individuals and Societies] p.134, "One of the reasons why I say that it is forbidden to sell Abul-A'la al-Mawdoodee's books are his words: 'Prophet Yoosuf didn't only want to be a Minister for Enterprise and Energy, rather also a dictator, and that's why his condition was much like Mussolini's condition in Italy'."

On the same page, Sheikh Zaid further wrote, "Even though he(Maududi) backbit the Prophet, [url=http://www.salafitalk.net/st/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=9&Topic=6562]'A'idh al-Qarnee[/url] says: 'My soul is sacrificed for you, Abul-'Ala (i.e. Mawdoodee)'."

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Finally, please refer the article '[url=http://www.themadkhalis.com/md/articles/akaka-ibn-taymiyyahs-refutation-of-the-extremism-of-mawdudi-and-sayyid-qutb-on-the-issue-of-taaah-obedience.cfm]Words of Ibn Taymiyyah In Refutation of the Extremism of Mawdudi and Sayyid Qutb on the Issue of Taa'ah (Obedience)[/url]'.

Under the chapter, "Warning against the Books of Partisanship and Deviant Groups is not considered Opposing the Callers; and some Examples of Statements from Deviant Callers such as Al-Mawdoodee, Muhammad Suroor, Hasan Al-Bannaa, Sayyid Qutb, At-Turaabee, as well as those who follow their footsteps", Sheikh Jamaal al-Haarithee hafidhahullah wrote,

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He(Mawdudi) said in his book Rasaa'il wa Masaa'il (pg. 57, 1351H Edition): 'The Messenger of Allaah used to think that the Dajjaal would appear during his time or close to his time. However, 1350 years have passed on this speculation (from the Prophet), many long centuries, and still the Dajjaal has not appeared. So this proves that his (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) speculation was not correct!!' In the 1362H edition of the book, he added to this, saying: 'However, 1350 years have passed 'and still the Dajjaal has not appeared. So this is the reality.' This is a clear rejection of the advent of the Dajjaal, for which there are many authentic ahaadeeth reported informing of his coming.

He also said (pg. 55): 'It is confirmed that everything that has been reported in his ahaadeeth concerning the Dajjaal was just the opinion and estimation of the Prophet (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam), and that he had doubts over this issue.' Is this not a clear rejection of the Dajjaal and a denial of the reports of the Messenger about whom Allaah said:

'And he does not speak from his own desire, rather it is revelation that is revealed to him.' [Surah An-Najm: 3-4]

He also says in his book Arba'atu Mustalahaat-ul-Qur'aan al-Asaasiyah (pg. 156): 'Allaah commanded the Prophet (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) in Surah An-Nasr to ask his Lord's forgiveness for what occurred from him from deficiencies and shortcomings with regard to fulfilling the obligations ' i.e. the obligations of prophethood.' We seek Allaah's refuge from such a lie!! Is it not sufficient for him that Allaah described His Prophet (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) with the characteristic of servitude ('uboodiyyah), which is the most perfect of human characteristics? He described him with this attribute (i.e. slave of Allaah) in many verses throughout His Book. Where is he with respect to the Prophet's statement in the hadeeth about the three people that asked about his (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) worship ' and it is as if he is replying to this issue in which he (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: 'As for me, then I am the most dutiful to Allaah amongst you'?

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Note that even this book has an introduction by [url=http://salafitalk.net/st/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=19&Topic=9412]Shaykh Dr. Saalih al-Fawzaan hafidhahullah[/url]. Another extremely beneficial book that has an introduction by Shaykh Fawzaan is written by [url=http://salafitalk.net/st/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=6&Topic=5527&srow=1&erow=20]Shaykh Dr. Rabee' ibn Haadee al-Madkhalee hafidhahullah[/url] and is entitled "The Methodology of Prophets in calling to of Allaah-That is the way of wisdom and intelligence". Please read the english translation for FREE in pdf format by clicking [url=http://www.troid.org/media/pdf/methodology.pdf]here[/url]. See pages 73 to 115 for in-depth refutation of al-Maudoodi rahimahullah.

May Allah guide the common Muslims who are either members of Jamaat-e-Islami or don't know about their major errors. Aameen.